
From The Inland Printer, October, 1901 



AMERICA'S MARTYRED PRESIDENT 



BORN AT NILES, OHIO, JANUARY 29, 1843 
DIED AT BUFFALO. N. Y., SEPTEMBER 14, 1901 



Memorial Service 



TO 



William McKinley 

LATE 

President of the United States 

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF 

The Ohio Republican Association 

OF WASHINGTON, D. C. 

{In conjunction with all citizens of Ohio resident in Washington) 

IN 

CHASE'S THEATER 
October 6, 1901 

PUBLISHED BY REQUEST 

BY 

T. M. SULLIVAN 
Secretary 

Washington, - - 1902 






p. 

Author. 
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O HON. MARCUS A. HANNA, UNITED 
STATES SENATOR FROM OHIO, 
LARGELY THROUGH WHOSE LOVE 
FOR, DEVOTION AND FIDELITY TO 
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, OUR COUNTRY 
WAS BLESSED WITH HIS UNPARAL- 
LELED ADMINISTRATION, THE HOMAGE AND GRAT- 
ITUDE OF HIS COUNTRYMEN ARE DUE, AND THE 
POIGNANCY OF WHOSE GRIEF FOR HIS DEPARTED 
FRIEND TOUCHED A SYMPATHETIC CHORD IN THE 
BREAST OF EVERY LOYAL AMERICAN, THIS VOLUME 
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. 



CONTENTS. 

Page 

Dedication 3 

Invitation, Historical Sketch and Letter of Dr. M. D. Maun .... 7"9 

Introductory II 

Opening Remarks, by Mr. T. M. Sullivan, 

Secretary of the Ohio Republican Association 14 

Invocation, by Rev. J. J. Muir, D. D., 

Pastor of the E Street Baptist Church 15 

Largo from Xerxes (Handel). By U. S. Marine Band, 

Lieut. Wm. H. Santelmann, Leader 16 

*> Address by Hon. Joseph H. Brigham, Chairman, 

Assistant Secretary of Agriculture T 7 

Octette— Lead Kindly Light, 

Prof. J. D McFall, Leader i9 

^ Address by Rev. Frank M. Bristol, A. M., D. D., 

Pastor Metropolitan M. E. Church 20 

O How Kindly (Beethoven). By U. S. Marine Band, 

Lieut. Wm. H. Santelmann, Leader 24 

Address by Hon. Thomas H. Anderson, 

Associate Justice D. C. Supreme Court 25 

Solo— Beyond the Gates of Paradise. By Mr. F. E. McClure, 

Mr. A. P. Tasker, Accompanist ••.... 29 

Address by Hon. Alphonso Hart, 

Ex-Lieut. Governor and Ex-M. C, Ohio 30 

There is a Green Hill Far Away (Gounod). By U. S. Marine Band, 

Lieut. Wm. H. Santelmann, Leader 33 

Address by Hon. D. K. Watson, 

Ex-Atty. General and Ex-M. C, Ohio 33 

Duet — Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break. 

By Prof. J. D. McFall and Mr. Harrington Barker 37 

Address by Hon. Simon Wolf, 

Ex-U. S. Agent and Consul-General at Cairo, Egypt 38 

Octette— Nearer My God to Thee, 

Prof. J. D. McFall, Leader 4° 

Resolutions and vote of thanks presented by Mr. T. M. Sullivan and 

adopted by a rising vote 40-42 

Letter of Regret from President Roosevelt 43 

National Hymn — America. By U. S. Marine Band, 

Lieut. Wm. H. Santelmann, Leader 43 

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ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Facing Page 
William McKinley — Frontispiece. 

T. M. Sullivan 14 

Rev. J. J. Muir, D. D 15 

Hon. Joseph H. Brigham 17 

Rev. Frank M. Bristol, A. M., D. D 20 

Hon. Thomas H. Anderson 25 

Hon. Alphonso Hart 3° 

Hon. D. K. Watson 33 

Prof. Jasper Dean McFall 37 

Hon. Simon Wolf. 3 8 

Plympton B. Chase 42 

Lieut. Wm. H. Santelmanu 43 



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-In conjunction with nil citizens of (Dhta residing in 

^tlashington, rrsucctfully. inoitr rou to attend a 

memorial Smiirc 
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TOUItam 3UriKinln\ 

Lite president of the Htnitcd States, 
at 

(Chase's (Srand (Opera Hmtsi\ 
Sunday, (Octubrr 6, 1901, 

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BORN AT NILES, TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO, JANUARY 29, 1843. 



1858. United with the Methodist Episcopal Church in Poland, Ohio. 

1860. Entered Junior Class in Alleghany College, Meadville, Pa. June n.— 
Enlisted as a private in Company E, Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer 
Infantry :— Wm. S. Rosecraus, Colonel ; Stanley Matthews, Lieutenant 
Colonel ; Rutherford B. Hayes, Major. 

1861-5. Participated in Battles of Carnifex Ferry, Clark's Hollow, Princeton, 
South Mountain, Antietam, Bumngton's Island, Cloyd's Mountain, 
Winchester, Berryville and Cedar Creek, as Private, Commissary 
Sergeant, 2nd and ist Lieutenant, Captain and Major. Honorably 
discharged July 26, 1S65. 

1866. Entered Law School at Albany, N. Y. 

1867. Admitted to the Bar at Warren, Ohio. 

1869. Elected Prosecuting Attorney of Stark County, Ohio. 

1871. Married to Miss Ida Saxton of Canton, Ohio. 

1876-1890. Elected a Representative in Congress. In 1890, as Chairman of 
the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the McKiuley Tariff Bill, 
under which law 27 new industries were started in the United States, 
and the growth of agriculture and manufactures greatly encouraged. 

1 891 . Elected Governor of Ohio. 

1893. Re-elected Governor of Ohio. 

1896. Elected President of the United States by a plurality of 600,000 votes. 

1898. War declared against Spain, and acquisition of Porto Rico and 
Philippine Islands, as result of said war. Annexation of Hawaiian 
Islands. 

1900. Re-elected President of the United States, plurality 832,280. 

1901 . September 5.— Delivered his last public address, at the Pan-American 

Exposition, Buffalo, N. Y.— outlining the way to greater industrial 
and commercial achievement by the United States. 

September 6. — Assassinated by a cowardly Anarchist, while holding a 
public reception in the Temple of Music. 

September 14. — Died at 2.15 A. M., universally loved and mourned. 

September 19. — Entombed at Canton, Ohio. 



^ricquiescnt in pat* 



Joseph H. Brigham, 

President. 

Chas. A. Boynton, 

ist Vice-President. 

P. M. Ashford, 

2d Vice-President. 

T. M. Sullivan, 

Secretary. 

Wm. L. Simons, 
Financial Secretary. 

C. C. Helmick, 

Treasurer. 



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EXECUTIVE 
COMMITTEE. 

John L. French, 

Chairman. 

John E. Brooks, 

Secretary. 

John C. Cox. 

M. J. Hole. 

C. W. Parker, 
President and Secre- 
tary, members ex- 
officio. 



Washington, D. C, Sept. 15, 1901. 



Dr. M. D. Mann, 

Buffalo, N. Y. . . ,„..,.-..-«_.-* 

Sir : The Ohio Republican Association of this city, of which President 
McKinley was an Honorary Member, is about to hold a memorial service 
in honor of his memory, and I desire to make use of his last words. 
Inasmuch as no two newspapers or speakers quote his last words exactly 
alike, will you kindly give me all that he said and precisely as he said it ? 
I have the honor to be, 

Very respectfully yours, 

J T. M. SULLIVAN, 

[seal.] Secretary. 

(LITERAL COPY) 

DR. M. D. MANN, 

No. 37 Allen Street, 

Office Hours : 12.30 to 3 P. M. 

private hospital, 

59 North Pearl Street. 

Buffalo, Sept. 26, /go/. 

T. M. Sullivan, Esq., 

My Dear Sir: ,,,.-. • t.- 

As President McKinley was dying, I stood behind a screen in nis 
room and heard him say his last words. His wife came into the room, 
and he said to her, " Goodbve, all, goodbye. It is God's way. His will 
be done, not ours." There was some further conversation with his wife 
in the way of leave-taking, but this should not be repeated. About an 
hour later, he said to his wife, " Nearer, My God, to Thee, e'en though it 
be a cross, has been my constant prayer." He tried to say something 
more, but I could not catch it. I gave out at the time the first sentences, 
as being the most appropriate to be remembered as his last words. _ I 
wrote them down at the time, so that there can be no question about it. 

Yours very truly, 
(Dictated) M. D. MANN. 



flntrofcuctor^ 

The death of President McKinley came as a cruel blow to 
every loyal American citizen, and so greatly was he revered that 
men of all political parties mourned together united by the 
bonds of a common sorrow. On the day of his obsequies at 
Canton the whole civilized world paid sincere and heartfelt 
tribute to his memory ; but nowhere, perhaps, were there eulo- 
gies more eloquent and tributes more heartfelt and sincere 
than those pronounced by personal friends and former associates 
of President McKinley, and his beloved Pastor, Dr. Frank M. 
Bristol, at the memorial service held under the auspices of the 
Ohio Republican Association, of which President McKinley was 
an honorary member, at Chase's Theater, onOctober6, i90i,by 
citizens of Ohio resident in the City of Washington. So elo- 
quent and comprehensive were the eulogies, and so touchingly 
beautiful was the music that it was thought proper to publish 
the proceedings as a memorial of the noble and patriotic man 
whose memory they had met to honor. In order that a clear 
idea of this splendid memorial service may be formed, the fol- 
lowing excerpts from the description of it by The Washington 
Post are given : 

"The sons and daughters of the late President McKinley's 
native State who are now residents of Washington yesterday 
paid a last public tribute to the memory of their dead Governor 
and President. The words of eulogy and love that flowed 
from the lips of eloquent speakers echoed what was in the 
heart of every one of the 3,000 people present. The meeting 
was not confined to Ohioans, and both upon the platform and 
in the vast auditorium of Chase's Grand Opera House were 
seen men and women imbued with the same spirit of love and 
reverence that moved the members of the Ohio Republican 
Association, under whose auspices the meeting was called. 

" Upon the stage were seated officers of the Ohio Republican 
Association, the speakers and a number of representative citi- 
zens of the District and other sections of the country. Back of 
these, and in contrast to the somber black worn by those upon 
the stage, were grouped the members of the United States 
Marine Band in their scarlet full dress uniforms, who rendered 
appropriate selections during the exercises. The decorations 
of both the stage and auditorium were in keeping with the 
spirit of the meeting, and the absence of color in the dresses of 
the ladies, who formed a large part of the audience, was also 
noticeable. The speakers faced a multitude of earnest upturned 
faces framed in a background of simple black. 

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' ' Huge portieres of dull black cloth were draped from each 
side of the stage and fell in folds to the floor from an American 
flag suspended over the center. Between the wings and in 
front of the stage were large potted palms, and in the center of 
the stage, well to the front, was a black-draped speakers' 
stand around which were banked wreaths of flowers. The 
Marine Band was stationed directly under a large crayon por- 
trait of President McKinley, which was draped in black, the 
whole surrounded by two immense American flags. The boxes 
were draped in mourning and were occupied by a number of 
well-known Ohioans and Washingtonians. * * * The 
speaking was especially able, and several times during the 
afternoon the orators moved their audience to spontaneous 
applause by their eloquent tributes to the man the people 
loved. The applause was never long continued, it simply 
being an audible expression of approval and accord. * * * 
After the immense audience had been seated, Mr. T. M. Sulli- 
van, Secretary of the Ohio Republican Association, to whose 
personal efforts the complete success of the memorial meeting 
was in a large part due, rapped upon the speakers' stand, and 
with a few well-chosen words introduced Hon. Joseph H. Brig- 
ham, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, as presiding officer." 

Although the above accurately describes this beautiful Me- 
morial Service, no language can adequately tell the story of 
the sublime and noble life whose untimely ending made this 
service necessary. 

Step by step he ascended the mysterious ladder of fame, and 
in the course of his splendid career he had escaped the fangs of 
political malignity to a greater degree, perhaps, than any of 
his compeers, because in all his conduct, both public and pri- 
vate, conscience was his constant monitor and guiding star. 
It was this rectitude of character and his abiding faith in the 
Creator that, in the final and crucial test of his manhood, when 
at the very zenith of his power and fame, conscious of the love 
and esteem of his countrymen, and the admiration of the whole 
civilized world, proved the greatness of the man and enabled 
him to lay down the scepter of state with the calm dignity of a 
stoic and the sublime resignation of a martyr, uttering the 
immortal words, "It is God's way; His will be done, not 
ours," and leave as a consolation to his invalid wife his final 
prayer, "Nearer, my God, to Thee." 

William McKinley had faith in the stability and perpetuity 
of the American Republic, and having seen how the discordant 
liberty-seeking peoples of Europe had been assimilated and 
cemented into one compact and harmonious federation of 
American citizenship, he believed it to be a patriotic duty to 
bestow the enlightening and elevating influence of our free 



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and glorious Republic upon the benighted and downtrodden 
inhabitants of the islands of the sea who, through the arbitra- 
ment of war, had become our wards, and the saddest feature of 
his tragic death is the fact that he was not permitted to realize 
the full fruition of his fondest hopes. 

He has left to his countrymen and to humanity the benedic- 
tion of an ideal life of devoted love and tender affection for the 
invalid companion of his joys and sorrows ; of patriotic zeal 
and devotion to country seldom equaled and never surpassed, 
and in his heroic death a magnificent example of Christian 
fortitude and resignation that will ever remain a priceless heri- 
tage to the Republic to whose service he had consecrated his 
noble life. 

His mortal remains were tenderly borne to his beloved Can- 
ton, accompanied by the pageantry of a nation's woe, and 
there, commemorative of his ideal life, patriotic deeds and 
brilliant achievements, will his loving countrymen erect a 
splendid monument ; but wherever mankind admires conjugal 
devotion, loves nobility and purity of soul, honors patriotism 
and consecration to the cause of liberty and humanity there 
will be his cenotaph, and there will his name be cherished 
with a love and veneration equaled only by that for Washing- 
ton and Lincoln. T. M. S. 

Washington, D. C, March 4., 1902. 



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©peninG IRemarfcs 

BY 

MR. T. M. SULLIVAN. 

Ladies and Gentlemen : 

The people of Ohio residing in the city of Washington have 
met here this afternoon for the purpose of paying their tribute 
of respect to the memory of William McKinley, the ideal 
American, whose consecration to the best interests of his 
countrymen and of all mankind was so complete that when, on 
the morning of September 14, his untimely death was announced, 
the whole world mourned. He was one of the noblest exem- 
plars of all the virtues that make a man loved and honored of 
his fellows, and if anything is said or done here to-day that will 
inspire a greater love of country, a truer devotion to the cause 
of humanity, and to emulation of the example of the great 
man whose memory we have met to honor, the objects of this 
meeting shall have been accomplished. 

I now have the honor to present as chairman of this meeting 
an intimate personal friend of our beloved President, Hon. 
Joseph H. Brigham, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. 




T. M. SULLIVAN, 

Secretary Ohio Republican Association, 

of Washington, D. C. 




REV. J. J. MUIR, D. D., 
Pastor E Street Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. 



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flnvocation 

BY 

REV. J. J. MUIR, D. D. 

Introduced by Colonel Brigham. 

O, God ! our Father, we humbly invoke Thy presence and 
grace as we meet on this sad occasion. Our hearts are bowed 
with a grief that words cannot express, and we beseech Thee 
for relief. Thy hand we recognize in the blessings of life, and 
now that sorrow has fallen upon us we would reverently look 
to Thee, saying, " Thy will, not ours, be done." 

Here are gathered the representatives of a great Common- 
wealth who mourn the tragic death of its noblest son. We 
bless Thy name for all that our late beloved President was to 
the people of his own State, as well as to the country at large. 
We bless Thee for every influence for good he exerted on those 
who knew him in the more intimate fellowships of friend and 
neighbor. We give Thee thanks for what he was in character 
and high endeavor to those who trusted him through the years 
with their confidence and love. 

O, God ! regard with Thy favor the State which gave him 
birth, and now provides him sepulture. May its citizens be 
incited by his example to the practice of purest patriotism and 
loftiest moral achievement ; with the consolations of Thine 
infinite heart minister to the stricken widow, and when out of 
her loneliness and invalidism she cries " for the touch of the 
vanished hand and the sound of the voice that is still," be near 
with Thy comforting presence, and fill with Thyself the great 
vacancy. 

For all that President McKinley was to the Republic, and 
for all that he represented in the sincerity and devotion of his 
private life, we most humbly thank Thee. We ask for the 
guidance that was accorded him during his eventful and hon- 
ored career, and when the time comes for us to go hence, may 
it be ours to exclaim with the faith and hope which dis- 
tinguished his last moments, " Nearer," my God, to Thee, 
nearer to Thee." 

For his successor in high office we crave Thy favor. Grant 
him necessary wisdom and strength for the performance of 
every duty, and may his administration be abundantly pros- 
pered. And as he seeks to carry forward the policy outlined 



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by the illustrious dead, may he be encouraged by the good will 
and prayers of a united people, and in dependence on Thee 
may he fulfill his trust in Thy fear. 

Grant that we may be profited by these Memorial Services, 
and may we leave this place truer men and women, resolved to 
serve our generation better by the will of God. 

These things we ask, with the forgiveness of our sins, in the 
name of Christ, our Saviour and Lord, who has taught us to 
say, 

"Our Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in 
Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us 
our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into 
temptation, but deliver us from evil : For thine is the king- 
dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen." 



Largo from Xerxes Hand> I. 

BY 

THE UNITED STATES MARINE BAND, 
Lieut. Wm. H. Santei^mann, Leader. 




HON. JOSKPH H. BRIGHAM, 
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. 



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agrees 

OF 

HON. JOSEPH H. BRIGHAM. 

Ladies and Gentlemen : 

The citizens of Ohio here assembled invite you to unite with 
them in paying a loving tribute of respect to the memory of 
her most illustrious son. William McKinley was not born to 
wealth. His opportunities for advancement were not unusual, 
but were all improved. His parents taught him to be truthful, 
industrious, faithful — virtues that went with him to the end of 
life and crowned his efforts with success. At his Christian 
mother's knee he was taught to fear God and keep His Com- 
mandments. In after life when temptations came, as they 
come to all, he remained steadfast and true. When his coun- 
try needed defenders, he was among the first to volunteer. 
His war record was without stain, and he returned to his home 
at the end of the strife with honors won upon many battle- 
fields. 

Major McKinley entered public life when he was twenty-six 
years of age. He held many honorable positions, all of which 
he considered sacred trusts committed to his care by the people. 
He was a firm believer in the principles of his party and an 
earnest and able advocate of its policies ; but he was never 
known to speak harshly of those who, in the exercise of their 
rights as American citizens, opposed his views. 

As a political leader he was without a peer. He harmonized 
contending factions in his own party and drew a large follow- 
ing from the ranks of the opposition. As a statesman, far- 
seeing and patriotic, the historian of the future will write his 
name among the first of those whom we delight to honor. 
As a husband, he was admired by all who knew of his care and 
tender solicitude for his invalid wife. She was never absent 
from his thoughts. When his public duties were almost 
crushing him, his thoughtfulness and devotion to her won the 
admiration, of all. Quiet and unassuming, he was yet ambi- 
tious to serve the people, and while still a young man had 
reached the highest position within the gift of the greatest 
nation in the world. 

When the cowardly assassin struck him down he was in the 
prime of life and the height of usefulness. He had won the 
respect and love of every section and class as no man had ever 



been able to do in the hundred years of our national life. It is 
hard to realize that such a life is ended. Must we accept it as 
a mysterious ' ' Dispensation of Providence " ? Is the pitiless 
assassin who thus ends a life of purity and usefulness the agent 
of Almighty God ? I do not believe it. We have no right to 
thus excuse ourselves from all responsibility. If we permit 
mad dogs to run unrestrained among our loved ones, we have 
no right to hold the Ruler of the Universe responsible for 
results. 

If we permit men and women more dangerous than mad 
dogs to advocate the murder of rulers and teach it as a duty, 
we have no right to expect God to interfere to save our noblest 
and best beloved. God will never do for men what men can 
and ought to do far themselves. We must rid our country of all 
who advocate the assassination of rulers. They should be trans- 
ported to some lonely island where they will not be subject to 
any rule except their own. The world can afford to give them 
what they profess to desire — a land without rulers and without 
law, where, cut off from all communication with law-abiding, 
Christian peoples, with no opportunity to secure the notoriety 
they crave, they would soon cry out, as did the first mur- 
derer : " My punishment is greater than I can bear." 

The voice we loved is hushed in death ; the familiar form, 
the pleasant, smiling face we shall see no more. Everything 
that mortal man could do to save was done. The Christian 
world joined in prayer to Almighty God that this life might be 
spared. It was all in vain. The assassin's work was thorough ; 
the few hours of hope that cheered us soon gave way to despair 
and grief. When he realized that his hold upon life was failing, 
he drew nearer to the God he loved and served. In this trying 
hour he was still great. He bade an affectionate farewell to 
those who had gone with him to the brink of the dark river, 
then, turning his face from the cares and joys of earth, he 
entered upon that existence which lies beyond the clouds and 
beyond the tomb. We are not permitted to know what awaits us 
there, but we hope and believe that he who so loved and served 
his fellow-men while on earth has passed through the gates of 
the Eternal City and found peace and joy, " where the wicked 
cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." 



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©ctette. 

Hymn.— Lead Kindly Light. 

Miss Elizabeth Wahly, Miss Lillian Chenoweth, 

Mrs. C. B. Bayly, Mrs. Margaret Holland, 

Mr. Harrington Barker, Mr. D. C. Holland, 

Mr. A. McNeill, Prof. J. D. McFall. 

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, 

Lead thou me on ! 
The night is dark, and I am far from home ; 

Lead thou me on ! 
Keep thou my feet ; I do not ask to see 

The distant scene ; one step enough for me. 

I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou 

Shouldst lead me on ; 
I loved to choose and see my path ; but now 

Lead thou me on ! 
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, 
Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years ! 

So long thy power hath blessed me, sure it still 

Will lead me on 
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till 

The night is gone, 
And with the morn those angel faces smile 
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile ! 



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Hfcfcrese 

OF 

REV. FRANK M. BRISTOL, A. M., D. D. 

Benjamin Franklin once contemplated moving out to the 
Ohio Country, as with a Prophet's vision he saw the dawning 
possibilities of that fair region which has come to be not only 
the garden of fruits and flowers and golden grain, but the 
garden of great minds and noble hearts, of fair women and 
magnificent men. But there could not have dawned upon the 
splendid dream of that Philosopher of the Revolution the coming 
glory of such names as Grant, Sherman, Chase, Stanton, Hayes, 
Garfield and McKinley. O, Sons of Ohio, we envy you your 
legitimate pride, your glorious boast that you hail from the 
State which such names have made immortal. To the galaxy 
of our National fame what single State has added brighter Stars 
or contributed more brain and brawn, more heart and heroism, 
more great motherhood and more noble manhood than Ohio ? 
Of our three Martyred Presidents two were your Compatriots, 
who rose from the humble ranks of your God-fearing people to 
become illustrious as Martyrs to liberty and law. 

No citizens have a greater reason to mourn to-day than this 
faithful political bodyguard of the martyred leader whose 
virtues were your pride, whose genius was your glory, whose 
victories were your joy, whose friendship was your inspiration, 
and whose pure, unsullied and illustrious name has become 
the immediate jewel of your souls. I shall never forget the 
impression made upon my mind when at the Columbian Expo- 
sition in Chicago I looked upon that monument before the 
Ohio State building representing in heroic statues the most 
illustrious sons of Ohio— Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Chase, 
Stanton, Hayes, and Garfield — and there in the granite was 
graven the significant legend, " These are my jewels." Another 
now must stand beside those Jewels, in moral stature, in the 
greatness of his manhood, in the faithful service of his life, in 
his beneficent usefulness, in his splendid patriotism, in his 
superb Americanism, and in the immortality of most grateful 
and loving fame, the peer of any Son born of that Ohio 
Motherhood. 

William McKinley was first an American then a Republican 
as he was first a Christian then a Methodist. 




REV. FRANK M. BRISTOL, A. M., D. D., 
Pastor Metropolitan M. E. Church, Washington, D. C. 



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If we were assembled to make use of a Martyr's name in 
exploiting any partisan interests then I could have no place or 
voice in these exercises. Though your organization bears a 
party name, to-day you are greater than your party. Though 
many in this vast and thoughtful assembly follow other politi- 
cal banners, bearing other political names, representing other 
political policies, to-day they are greater than their par- 
ties. First of all and above all we are all Americans, and as 
never before, fellow citizens ; fellow citizens bound heart to 
heart by a common sorrow and by a common pride, for the 
universal sorrow over the untimely taking off of President 
McKinley is accompanied by the universal pride that he to 
whose memory the World pays tribute was a Son of Ohio, a 
citizen of the United States, and the magnificent product of 
Americanism. William McKinley was a Republican, as true to 
his republicanism as was ever Jefferson to his democracy. He 
was your ideal and leader, and he led you to glorious victories, 
but it will be your pride forever that a party never had a more 
high-minded, conscientious, white-souled leader than William 
McKinley. Nor did his political antagonists ever lower their 
campaign banners to a more fair-minded, genial, magnani- 
mous and patriotic gentleman. 

I do no man and no party injustice when I believe his politi- 
cal opponents, from gallant leader through all the party rank 
and file, would rather have been defeated by William McKin- 
ley than by any other man in the Republican party or by any 
other man in the world. He was a partisan politician but not 
a partisan Governor, nor from the days of Washington have we 
had a less partisan President. 

If I may be pardoned for introducing the personal element, 
permit me to illustrate, by a conversation I had with him, how 
nobly and grandly he could rise above partisanship as he could 
rise above sectarianism. While less sagacious and more nar- 
row-minded men were criticizing him for his warm-heartedness 
toward the South, for his suggestion that Confederate graves 
be decorated, and for his appointing ex- Confederate soldiers to 
high civic and military positions during the war with Spain, 
he said to me : " My critics have good motives, but they do 
not stop to consider that I am President of the South as well 
as of the North, of Democrats as well as Republicans. We are 
one people, we have one destiny ; we must rise or fall together." 
Then to further illustrate his feeling, he stated that while 
Governor of Ohio for the first term the Roman Catholics had 
built and were about to open an educational institution in that 
State. They asked their Governor to attend the exercises and 
deliver an address. He cordially accepted the invitation, and 
the fact was published. When certain zealous Protestants 



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heard of it they were alarmed, and eaine to the Governor to 
enter protest. Governor McKinley said: "Gentlemen, } t ou 
do not stop to think that I am not a sectarian Governor. I am 
the Governor of Ohio, of the Catholics and of the Protestants, 
of the Jews and of the Gentiles. I shall make the address." 
" But," they argued, " if you do this your chances for re-elec- 
tion to the governorship are lost ; it will kill you politically." 
"Gentlemen," said he, "whether I am to be re-elected Gov- 
ernor of Ohio or not, I shall keep my promise by these Catho- 
lic citizens of Ohio and deliver the address." And he did. 
That address, as the people of Ohio will remember, was one of 
the finest orations in support and defense of our common 
schools ever heard in this country. That was the courageous 
spirit of the man who comprehended the true, broad-minded, 
non-partisan and patriotic functions of a Governor and of a 
President. 

Republican though he was he had the spirit of Lincoln and 
of Grant in his appreciation of the necessity for obliterating all 
sectional animosities and burying forever all the hatreds and 
misunderstandings engendered by our Civil War. No Presi- 
dent has done more either by his political acumen, his patriotism 
or his cordial, courteous manliness to unite the hearts of all 
our citizens of the North and the South in a new love of the 
flag and a fresh consecration to liberty. He stood for the 
brotherhood of American citizenship — not for a nation of 
sections, but for a National Union. And that national union 
meant to him not simply an indivisible union of Slates, but the 
universal and eternal union of the brotherhood of patriotism, 
the fraternal federation of a free, enlightened and righteous 
Americanism. 

The very name William McKinley has become synonymous 
with national honor, national prosperity, national dignity and 
national duty. Duty? Yes, William McKinley saw with a 
prophet's vision that the United States of America was rapidly 
approaching its age of responsibility ; it was evolving into a 
World-power ; it was becoming great enough for a mission ; it 
belonged to civilization ; it could no longer evade its share of 
the burdens and responsibilities of civilization. It was given 
to thiswise, far-seeing, courageous, God-trusting man to preside 
over the transition through which this country has passed from a 
governmental problem to a World-power. We see it to-day, our 
Prophet saw it yesterday, that the future is preparing to make 
great demands upon this America. These vast inexhaustible 
resources, this greatness and power, are factors in the problem 
of the World's civilization. The United States occupies too 
much of this earth not to be vastly responsible to the entire 
human race for its just share in the enlightenment of the 



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World, in the universal freedom of mankind, in the prosperity 
and happiness of all peoples. 

William McKinley stood for a greater America, for a richer, 
more unselfish America, for a history-making America, for a 
world-enlightening America. And he saw in this not simply 
good politics, but he saw in it a Providence wiser than all 
politics, a law of evolution independent of all legislation, a 
programme of destiny which no conventions ever dictate or 
circumvent. There was the ideal politician, the true Statesman, 
the safe, victorious leader, the great President. No statesman, 
no President has done more to give our flag honor on the seas, 
and our country front rank among the nations of the earth. 
William McKinley belonged to the common people, the only 
people who have ever amounted to anything in the history of 
the world, the only people who have the virility to give the 
world geniuses, reformers, heroes and martyrs. He never lost 
touch with the people, nor did he ever betray the trust they 
reposed in him. As Congressman, Governor and President he 
was true to the interests of that great majority of American 
citizens whose toil makes possible our prosperity, and whose 
integrity and intelligence are our national glory. Abraham 
Lincoln emancipated labor from the disgrace and ignominy 
which slavery had placed upon it. William McKinley was 
instrumental in leading American Labor from its drudgery to 
its dignity, and no Statesman has done more than he to exalt 
and ennoble common industry and establish the sovereigntj'- of 
the working man. It was the mission of this illustrious son of 
the common people, this great American Commoner, to make 
the humblest tiller of our soil, the most obscure mechanic in 
our mills, the roughest sailor in our Navy, and the poorest 
fisherman on our coast, as well as the scholar, millionaire and 
philanthropist feel the value, pride and dignity of being an 
American Citizen. He believed in well-paid labor and well- 
paid capital, well-paid muscle and well-paid brains, well-paid 
enterprise and well-paid obligations. 

He believed in the aristocracy of the common people, the 
prosperity of the nation, the progress of the world, the brother- 
hood of the race and the coming of the Kingdom of God. 
Forceful, sagacious, invincible leader as he was, he never 
posed, never declaimed, never taunted, never sneered, never 
ridiculed, never insulted — he left all that to weaker men. He 
was never theatrical ; there were no dancing plumes on his 
helmet — he wore no helmet — fearlessly and bare-browed he 
went into the fight ; but you who followed him always 
knew where he was in the battle, and his clear, clarion 
voice never gave an uncertain sound, his magnificent eye 
never lost its fire, his strong but gentle, firm but courteous. 



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trusting but masterful personality never lost its magnetism. 
You were proud of him as a Soldier, proud of him as a 
Congressman, proud of him as a Governor, proud of him as 
a President and, above all, with all the brave men and with 
all pure women of this country and of this world you were and 
forever will be proud of him as a man. There was the philos- 
ophy of his power and of his greatness, he was a clean, pure, 
high-minded man — a chivalrous, Christian gentleman. That 
sorrow of the world, when in schoolhouse and hall of justice, 
in marketplace and home, on the highway and in the work- 
shop, in the church, from the humblest frontier chapel of 
America to the echoing aisles of England's Westminster, the 
people and the children of the people wept and grieved over 
the death of William McKinley. That sorrow of the world 
was a sublime tribute to a sublime character, the homage of 
humanity to pure and lofty manhood. For this gift to your 
country, for this gift to the world, for this man of the people, 
and this man of God, America, Christendom, humanity turns 
with weeping reverence and gratitude to that great State whose 
tender and mighty arms of love enfold in his noble sleep the 
form of her precious son, her son of charity and chivalry, 
her son of purity and fame, Ohio's, America's, the World's 
William McKinley. 

As the gallant Wolfe was being rowed across the St. Law- 
rence to lead the English attack on the heights of Quebec he 
repeated the beautiful lines of Gray's " Elegy in a Country 
Church Yard;" with a significant emphasis he uttered the 
words : 

" The paths of glory lead but to the grave." 

And as he fell on the Heights of Abraham covered with 
glory and with victory the poet's line seemed all too true. 

But no, it was a mistake. Sweet poet, brave soldier, it is 
not true that " The paths of glory lead but to the grave." 

To-day in our sorrow and our hope we believe, we know a 
grander thing : the paths of true glory lead throtigh the grave 
and up to thrones and crowns of immortality. Such a soul as 
our manly, martyr President still lives — lives in glory and 
happiness forever. 



O, How Kindly Beethoven 

BY 

THE UNITED STATES MARINE BAND. 
Lieut. Wm, H. Santeumann, Leader, 




JUDGE THOMAS H. ANDERSON, 
Associate Justice Supreme Court, District of Columbia. 



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Hfcfcress 

i OF 

HON. THOMAS H. ANDERSON. 

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : 

We have met to lay the tributes of our affection upon the 
bier of Ohio's most illustrious son. 

It seems but yesterday that we looked into his manly face, 
heard the rhythmic music of his voice and felt the inspiration 
of his presence. To-day Ohio holds in her keeping his precious 
dust while eighty millions of his countrymen guard as a sacred 
heritage his immortal deeds and memory. Far be it from my 
purpose on this sad occasion to endeavor to stir your emotions 
or open afresh your bleeding hearts, but rather, to repress the 
emotions of my own, that I may fitly lay an humble tribute of 
love upon his honored tomb. To me and to many of us Wil- 
liam McKinley was more than President, he was a personal 
friend. A friend whose qualities of heart and mind bound us 
to him with cords of sincerest love. While he enjoyed, as did 
no other American, the love and affection of his countrymen 
yet so manifold were his virtues and so attractive his personality 
that those who knew him best loved him most. Therefore it 
is that while our sorrow is national in the broadest sense, aye ! 
more, it is world wide, his sad and untimely death has touched 
the hearts of the people and especially those of his own beloved 
Ohio, with a sense of inexpressible grief. No wonder the 
the whole world weeps at the grave of such a man, no wonder 
that he was the pride of his State and its best beloved citizen. 
No wonder that Ohio, that gave him to the Nation and to man- 
kind, receives back with loving affection and as a sacred trust the 
mortal remains of her immortal son. And yet while we thus 
mourn his untimely and tragic death, the influence of his noble 
life lives on. In his own eloquent and incomparable speech, 
as he stood at the tomb of the immortal Grant, ' 'A great life 
never dies, great deeds are imperishable, great names are 
immortal." 

By common consent he was the greatest statesman of his 
time, and the most perfect type of American manhood in the 
annals of our history. So great was he that the whole world 
felt the inspiration of his genius and the uplift of his power. 
So good was he that he drew all hearts unto himself, and held 
them to the last in the enduring bonds of love and affection, 



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" The deep damnation of his taking off" is, beyond compare, 
the saddest and the bitterest experience of our history, if not of 
all time. 

He fell a martyr to that malignant hatred " that wages war 
against a republic as well as against a monarchy," that seeks 
to strangle liberty whenever and wherever it is regulated by 
law. He fell in the zenith of his power, and in the glory of a 
matchless career. He fell at a time when he stood before the 
world the acknowledged leader and controlling force in the 
greatest epoch of industrial prosperity and national progress in 
the history of the human race. He died with his honors full 
upon him, and amid the ascending prayers of the good and 
great of all lands that he might yet live. 

This is the man whose transcendent genius filled the world 
with his renown. 

While the annals of our brief but stirring history are replete 
with the names of great men, yet a greater than William Mc- 
Kinley has not risen among us. As we approach the mementos 
of his glory, we stand with uncovered heads as we contemplate 
the greatness of his exalted character, his incorruptible integ- 
rity, his sublime Christian faith, his lofty patriotism, his arduous 
and enduring public service, and his imperishable fame. 

These are his virtues that will be spoken of him as a memorial 
for all time. 

He was indeed a burning and a shining light that illumined 
the pathway of men and guided in safety the Ship of State. 

" A thousand orators will essay in vain to portray the real 
greatness of the man and to add to the wideness of his fame. 
A thousand biographers and historians will strive to add to the 
lustre of his achievements," and yet the story of his useful and 
eventful life will still remain an inexhaustible fountain from 
which the young men of America will draw lessons of priceless 
value. 

Viewed either in the light of his boyhood, his manhood or 
his public career, his character is alike attractive and worthy 
of emulation. 

Many are prone to think of him, however, in the light of his 
great fame as President of the Republic. But that is not the 
whole of his fame — that is only the greatness of his public 
character, which, after all, is not conclusive evidence of true 
greatness. 

Public character, too often, is artificial and transient. 

Such was the greatness of Bendict Arnold, whose ascendent 
star glowed for a time with rare brilliancy only to fall into an 
oblivion of shame and infamy. Such was the greatness of 
the gifted Aaron Burr, "as brave as Caesar, as polished as 
Chesterfield, as eloquent as Cicero," he walked with stately 



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tread before the public gaze and they thought him great ; but 
in an evil hour he yielded to the seductive whisperings of a dis- 
loyal ambition and forever forfeited the love and confidence of 
his countrymen. 

The unfortunate history of these unhappy names but accen- 
tuates the fact that neither valor, nor genius, nor public fame, 
can of themselves make men great. 

The greatness and genius of William McKinley, unlike these, 
was of the heroic and enduring type. Whether standing in 
the public gaze or alone in the quietude of private life, he was 
the same upright and exemplary man. 

His whole career from start to finish was one of lofty aim. 

By dint of faithful and intelligent industry, and his own 
inherent worth and masterful genius, he rose from the ranks 
of the common people to the most exalted position within their 
gift. 

While reverses and disappointments came to him, as to other 
men, he met them manfully, and, like the hero that he was, 
overcame them. I^et come what may he faced the future with 
calm, dignified and unswerving purpose. In every crisis in 
his own or his country's history, he was equal to its stern 
demands. 

Without egotism, or pride of opinion, he was brave and self- 
reliant to an eminent degree. This was fully exemplified in 
his acts and attitude immediately preceding and throughout 
the war with Spain. While he listened with the utmost 
respect to the advocates of immediate war, and was not unmind- 
ful that public sentiment demanded it, yet he stood almost alone 
against immediate action. But when the hour for war had 
struck, when the country was at last prepared, he no longer 
hesitated, but with startling suddenness and unfaltering courage 
he struck the enemy with such invincible force that at the end of 
less than one hundred days the fleets of Spain had been utterly 
destroyed and her surviving soldiers and sailors were our 
prisoners of war. 

It may not be generally known that in that brief but brilliant 
struggle he not only exemplified a masterful self-reliance, but 
he displayed in a high degree the qualities and genius for 
supreme command, by the actual exercise of his constitutional 
prerogative of Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of 
the United States. 

On more than one occasion, responding to the sudden exigen- 
cies of the situation, he quit the repose of his bed chamber at 
the midnight hour and hastening to the famous War Room of 
the White House he moved armies and hurled navies through 
the medium of the telephone and the telegraph while the rest 
of us were enjoying that repose he so much needed for himself. 



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It has been said that " inate modesty is the constant attend- 
ant of pre-eminent virtue." If this be true, and true it is, then 
we have but to mark this and kindred acts of devotion to duty 
to appreciate the pre-eminent virtues of the man. 

It was this very self-abnegation and devotion to duty that 
won for him the constantly increasing admiration of his coun- 
trymen as he ascended higher and higher the rounds of fame. 
And yet his self-abnegation was not inspired by indifference to 
the reward of duty well done. He was not indifferent to the 
approbation of his countrymen. He believed in the people, 
and the consciousness that the people believed in him was to 
this masterful man a tower of strength. He loved life and he 
enjoyed it ; he loved God and he served Him ; he loved his 
country and he dedicated his life to its service. 

More than any other American President, Mr. McKinley was 
the President of the whole people. Though not of his party, 
and differing from him on certain important public measures, 
he none the less had the highest esteem and confidence of all 
his countrymen. They believed in him as a man and in the 
sincerity of his purpose as a public official. Apart from all 
questions of party difference, he represented practically the 
unanimous sentiment of the people touching all great questions 
affecting their welfare. With him there was no North, no 
South and no lines of sectional division following the artificial 
boundaries of the past. He loved his country and his country- 
men with a sincere and steadfast devotion, and his countrymen 
loved him in return. While the people of the South surren- 
dered their swords to Grant, they surrendered their hearts to 
McKinley. The beauty and tenderness of his domestic life, 
the theme of many a song and story, remain as a perpetual in- 
spiration and benediction to the home circles of earth, while 
the simplicity of his life and the manifold virtues of his char- 
acter will for all time be counted among the richest legacies 
bequeathed by him to his beloved country. 

Measured by what he accomplished he was the peer of any 
man in the annals of all history, and in all that constitutes a 
perfect man he is the world's most perfect example. Time will 
but add to the sum of his greatness and to the lustre of his 
fame. He died as he lived, the champion of liberty and prog- 
ress, of peace and righteousness, and of every cause that 
tended to the advancement of his country and the welfare of 
his countrymen. 

But above all he lived and died a Christian, and as long as 
the memory of the mighty past and his own eventful career 
survives, he will be lovingly spoken of as " our Christian 
President." His faith in God was as simple as a child's and 
as mighty as a prophet's. As he stepped down into the valley 



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of the shadow of death he feared no evil for the Lord was with 
him, " His rod and His staff they comforted him," and when 
his loving heart ceased to throb and his eyes closed forever 
upon the scenes of earth, God heard the whisperings of his 
soul, " Nearer, My God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee." 



Solo. 

Beyond the Gates of Paradise King. 

BY 

Mr. F. E. McCLURE. 
Mr. A. P. Tasker, Accompanist. 

Beyond the gates of paradise, those pearly gates ajar, 

There is a fair and peaceful land, where happy angels are. 

They walk upon its streets of gold, through fields of living green, 
And gaze upon its jasper walls no mortal eye hath seen. 

And sweet refrain, and golden harps ring out in chorus there, 

While Heavenly music ever floats upon its balmy air, 

No storms or tempest ever breaks upon its cloudless skies, 
No aching hearts, or tears ; Beyond the gates of paradise. 

Beyond the gates of paradise, to realms of endless day, 
How oft' we long for that fair land, could we but soar away, 

And see the myst'ries that unfold, which here we ne'er can know, 
Within the home of shining ones, with raiment white as snow. 
'Tis but a cloud that lies between the earth and golden shore, 
And may we join its happy song with those we loved before, 

With bright'ning hopes, through rifted clouds, we see the sun arise, 
And waiting friends stand there : Beyond the gates of paradise. 

Re/rain : 

Beyond the gates of paradise, 

A welcome waits for me, 
Sweet land of rest, where weary hearts, 

From care and toil are free. 
Beyond the gates of paradise, 

They tell of new found joys, 
And happy unions wait — 

Beyond the gates of paradise. 



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Bbfcress 

OF 

HON. ALPHONSO HART. 

Mr. Chairman : 

In the State of Ohio, on what is known as the Connecticut 
Western Reserve, were born within forty miles of each other, 
two men whose characters and lives have made a profound 
impress upon the history of the country and the w r orld. They 
were of humble origin. They had none of the accessories or 
advantages of wealth or social prestige. They were, in the 
best sense of the term, self-supporting, self-made men. They 
both enlisted in the Union Army and fought for their country 
in the War of the Rebellion. After the war was over they each 
became distinguished members of the National Congress, and 
each was the leader of his party on the floor of the House of 
Representatives. Each was chosen President of the United 
States by a large majority of the electoral vote. Each died at 
the hands of an assassin ; one, Garfield, in the month of 
September, in the first year of his term of office ; the other, 
McKinley, died in the month of September in the first year of 
his second term of office. The graves where they sleep are 
almost in hailing distance of each other. Garfield rests at 
Eake View, overlooking the blue waters of L,ake Erie. McKin- 
ley, in the quiet peaceful shade of the cemetery at Canton. 
Truer, larger souled, more patriotic men never lived. One 
great martyr-President had preceded them — Abraham Lin- 
coln — who lived, labored and suffered for his country and his 
countrymen, and who is now a saint in Heaven. 

It seems as though the larger hearted, the more exalted a 
man, and the greater and grander his work, the surer is the 
assassin's bullet to find him. 

It might be said that the bitterness engendered by the War 
of the Rebellion led to Lincoln's death. It might be said that 
party and political disappointments led to the death of Gar- 
field. But who in all the wide, wide world could harbor 
aught of evil against William McKinley ? His name and his 
fame have circled round the world and wherever the name was 
heard it was accompanied by not only the blessings of his 
countrymen but the whole civilized race. Standing here 
to-day looking over his life, looking at the wondrous results 




HON. ALPHONSO HART, 
Ex-Lieut. -Governor and Ex-Member of Congress, Ohio. 



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wrought by his administration , who can conceive a heart so 
full of evil, a soul so corrupt and so destitute of all the human- 
ities as to kill the People's, the Nation's, the World's friend. 
It shocks the moral sense, it startles the soul and compels us 
to believe in the absolute, the total depravity of man ; that 
there are some human beings in the world in whom there is no 
element of good — no spark of human sympathy. 

We are gathered here to-day to express in a simple way our 
loyalty, our devotion, our love for William McKinley ; our sor- 
row at his death, our devotion to his memory. We come to 
pay our tribute and to express our sorrow. Nothing we can 
say or do will add a single wreath to his brow ; or an addi- 
tional ray of luster to his name. His record is made up. His 
history is ready to be written, his fame is established to remain 
undiminished and undimmed forever and forever. His place 
in the world is fixed. What he was is known, and naught 
that we can say or do will destroy or add to the shining glory 
of his name. 

I am not here to say that all he did was perfect ; that he made 
no mistakes. Perfection is not an attribute of mortals. But 
I am here to say that taking his administration as a whole in 
all its parts and all its results it is without a parallel in history. 
Under his guiding hand the Nation has prospered in strength, 
in wealth, in power and prestige as never before. 

New and unexpected questions arose at the very beginning 
of his administration ; questions never dreamed of during the 
campaign of 1896. Who ever anticipated the conflict with 
Spain ? Who ever imagined the results of that war ? It is a 
well-known fact that Mr. McKinley hesitated and held back 
when the country was clamorous for a declaration of war. 
Even after the destruction of the United States battleship 
Maine in Havana Harbor, he counseled deliberation and delay. 
He waited until events so shaped themselves as to exhibit to 
the world the justice, the lawfulness and the necessity of war, 
and then he struck the enemy a blow so swift, so terrible, so 
crushing that it seemed almost to be the execution of a divine 
decree. Spain lay prostrate under the power of our arms. You 
know the history and it need not be recited here. You know 
of the battle of San Juan and the heroic conduct of our soldiers 
there, one of whom is in the White House now. You also 
know how on the morning of May 1, 1898, George Dewey, on 
board the flagship Olympia, led his fleet into Manila Harbor, 
over bursting bombs and exploding mines, and under the ene- 
my's guns destroyed the Spanish fleet. You know how the 
Brooklyn, the Oregon, the Texas and other vessels of the fleet, 
under command of Schley, surrounded the enemy as with a 
circle of fire, and all that was left of the Spanish naval power 



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was a bloody dream. You know of subsequent events ; of the 
Treaty of Paris by which islands enough to make an empire 
came under the dominion and authority of the United States. 
Events piled upon events, victory following victory in such 
quick succession as to startle the world. At the White House 
sat William McKinley, cool, deliberate, controlling the mighty 
forces of the Nation. These victories and the measures adopted 
by his administration meant the extension of American com- 
merce to the uttermost portions of the earth. They meant the 
spread of business to the distant islands of the sea — they meant 
the extension of American civilization, American laws, Ameri- 
can liberty to lands that had been in darkness thousands of 
years — they meant the forward march of humanity and Chris- 
tianity — they meant the opening up of the great highways of 
the world to the nations with the United States in the lead. 

What a marvelous record America has made. I love to 
speak of it. The Declaration of Independence was signed and 
published only one hundred and twenty-five years ago. The 
Constitution of the United States was adopted only one 
hundred and fourteen years ago. At that time there was only 
a narrow line of settlements along the Atlantic coast. Now 
the settlements have extended across the continent. Then 
our population was only three millions ; now it is over eighty 
millions. Then our flag floated over Boston, New York, Phil- 
adelphia, Baltimore and Charleston. But "westward the Star 
of Empire made its way." Strong, brave, fearless pioneers 
took that banner and carried it over the Allegheny mountains 
— across the Ohio river— across and beyond the Mississippi. 
They planted it upon the top of the Rockies. They raised it 
on the shores of the Pacific. They hung it out over Alaska. 
They unfurled it over Honolulu — over Porto Rico, over Manila. 
The Hawaiian Islands, the Ladrone Islands, the Philippine 
Islands, are only stepping-stones for America in its majestic 
march across the sea and around the world. 

All the world knows America now. All the nations have 
heard the news. This great Republic, ocean bound and 
mountain crowned and bordered by island gems ; this Republic, 
founded by the fathers, baptized, defended and preserved by 
the blood of their children, stands in the front. It is at the 
head of the great procession of the nations and leads in the 
civilizing and christianizing forces of the world. 

To the crowning glory of this work William McKinley gave 
his heart, his soul, his life. His great example is before us to 
be read by all mankind. His work in life was mighty. But 
McKinley living was not greater than McKinley dying. His 
great, brave, tender, heroic soul, looking out through his dying 
eyes ; his voice sweet and low from lips soon to be silent forever 




HON. D. K. WATSON, 
Ex- Attorney -General and Ex-Member of Congress, Ohio. 



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spoke of love undying, of hope eternal, of faith everlasting, of 
country, of wife, of God. The angels must have hovered 
around his couch and Jesus, lover of our souls, received his 
spirit. 

Standing here to-day let us honor him, and as a way to honor 
him let us consecrate ourselves anew to the country which he 
loved and which we love and the principles he defended and for 
which he gave his life. 

There Is a Green Hill, Far Away Gounod. 

BY 

THE UNITED STATES MARINE BAND, 
Lieut. Wm. H. Santei<mann, Leader. 



Hfcfcress 

OF 

HON. D. K. WATSON. 

Mr. Chairman : 

You know why I speak to you and of whom I shall speak. 
Every heart in this audience feels that while the Nation has 
lost its President, a friend has also gone. William McKinley, 
the President of the United States, is dead ! In thousands of 
places the people have met and are still meeting, to express 
their sorrow at his death, and the indignation and shame they 
feel for the miserable miscreant who fired the shot that brought 
such sorrow upon the land. 

William McKinley was born in the State of Ohio, and lived 
in it his whole life, except when absent in the service of his 
country. He loved his State, and the lives and characters of 
the great men it has produced. But four days before he 
received his fatal wound, he spoke to me in highest praise 
about many of the distinguished men who preceded him in the 
office of Governor of that noble Commonwealth. One of his 
most distinguished characteristics was that he was a thorough 
American. He took great pride in our institutions — educa- 
tional, secular and religious. He was proud of everything that 
conduced to the support of his government ; proud of the 
American Army ; proud of the American Navy ; proud of our 
American system of jurisprudence, and proud of the love which 
all Americans feel for their country. 

If each of you were given the power to create a man who 
should embody your idea of human perfection, I doubt if you 

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could create a more perfect one than William McKinley. If 
you had such power what are the elements with which you 
would endow your ideal ? You would include courage. He 
had it. You would include love of country. He possessed it. 
You would include love of family and home. No man 
possessed it more. You would include eloquence. He was a 
great orator. You would include statesmanship. He was its 
highest representative. You would include fidelity and integ- 
rity in the affairs of life. He possessed them. You would 
include reverence for Almighty God and respect for His Holy 
Word. These were strongly developed in his character. You 
would endow your hero with a splendid personal appearance. 
No man possessed a finer one ; and even in death his face was 
noble and inspiring. A gentleman remarked to me at his 
funeral that he saw him soon after his lips closed, and that he 
looked like a god asleep. 

No man ever occupied the office of President who had 
greater confidence in the judgment of the people. How 
often I have heard him say, "The people know what 
is right and will do it." One of his favorite expressions 
was, " The will of the American people must be respected. It 
is the final arbiter of all questions pertaining to their welfare." 

So great was this confidence that he had no fear of an 
attempt to take his life. On the Monday evening before his 
assassination, in a conversation with him in his home at Can- 
ton, I suggested that there might be danger in exposing him- 
self at a great exposition such as he was to attend at Buffalo. 

He said to me, ' ' There is not the slightest cause for such feel- 
ing. I have no fear that any attempt will ever be made on my 
life. The people know that I love them, and I do not believe 
that I will ever be harmed by any one." 

In every sense of the word he filled the conception you have 
of a Statesman. He was shrewd in National statecraft. Nature 
never made a greater diplomat. 

His management of National affairs during and after our 
war with Spain so profoundly impressed the country and the 
world that he passes into history as the ablest Statesman of his 
age, so admitted by the nations of the earth. 

This illustrious and revered American is dead. The boy 
soldier, the public prosecutor, the ideal citizen and husband, 
the Member of Congress, the Governor of our State, the 
eminent Statesman, the great Diplomat, the President of the 
Republic, is dead ! His voice, so eloquent and potent in the 
interest of the people and in defense of free institutions and 
popular government, will never again arouse great emotions 
in the human breast, inspire others to accomplish great objects 
and purposes, or encourage young men to strive for noble place 



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and high position. It is silent forever ! The influence which 
this single human life exerted, and will exert, as long as the 
Nation endures, is beyond man's ken to estimate. 

I shall not indulge in fulsome praise of our late President, 
but judging him by every fair test I believe that his influence for 
good upon his country will be as great and endure as long as 
that of any man who has filled the office of President of the 
United States, and that he will stand in history as one of the 
great representative Presidents of the Republic. 

We have been told that when he realized that he was pass- 
ing away his last words were : " It is God's way ; His will, 
not ours, be done." But I was informed at his funeral, by a 
distinguished Senator, who was in his room a few moments 
before his soul took its flight, that these were not his last 
words, though they are among his last, and that after he had 
uttered them the shadow of unconsciousness passed over him, 
and those around him thought that they had seen the last, but, 
noticing a motion of his lips, my informant told me he stepped 
quickly to his side and stooped over him, and the President 
was repeating " Nearer to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee," 
and that after he had whispered these words, which were a 
part of his favorite hymn, the eternal silence fell upon him, and 
he was gone. This illustrates, and that is my object in men- 
tioning it here, the confidence which our late President had in 
the All- wise Creator of the Universe. "Nearer to Thee, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee," were the last words of the great 
President, for with this utterance passing from his lips he fell 
into the eternal sleep. What an expression with which to 
meet eternity ! Could anything be more inspiring to the 
Christian world ? Could a nobler heritage have been left the 
Church than this of our dying President ? Could greater 
expression of faith and confidence in God, and belief in the 
immortality of the soul, have been left to the inheritance of 
Christianity throughout the world ? His life was the triumph 
of manhood. His death the triumph of Christianity. 

What now is the lesson of this man's life to the American 
people ? The great lesson it teaches is a constant devotion to 
our country and its institutions. We must love and defend 
our country for our country's sake. His intense Americanism 
must always encourage us, and we must faithfully and courag- 
eously discharge the duties that devolve upon us in whatever 
station or sphere of life we may be placed. While the most 
glorious and encouraging of all is, that in this Republic the path- 
way to glory and fame is an open one, for the life of our late 
President is another evidence that in this country there are no 
inherited crowns, no sons born to rule a kingdom or sway an 
empire. There are no thrones upon which royal personages sit 



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and wield the scepter of power. This is a Republic, where the 
people elect their officers, and where a boy born in poverty and 
obscurity may win his way, and has won his way, over and 
over again, not to the position of King, or Czar, or Emperor, 
but to that of President, chosen by the people to guide the 
destinies of their Nation. Here manhood and womanhood are 
free. Here education is free. Here liberty is enthroned. 
Here the people are the power. 

What room, therefore, in such a country, where the laws are 
made by the people and administered by the chosen servants 
of the people, is there for the anarchist ? Why should he in 
cowardice and shame strike down the leader of our Republic 
and thereby attempt the destruction of our National peace and 
prosperity ? Why should anarchy — which means the absence 
of established government, the overthrow of law and order, the 
denial of God and Revelation, the destruction of the common 
school, the college, the university, and the church — insert its 
vile and odious doctrine here ? Let the inspiration which comes 
to us from the life and teachings of our late beloved President 
inspire us to arm ourselves against this enemy of liberty and 
government, and let every American, wherever he may be and 
whatever may be his position in the walks of life, if he feels 
the responsibility and dignity of American citizenship, be ever 
ready to strike anarchy as anarchy struck our President. 

Let our laws punish an anarchist because he is an anarchist, 
as they punish a pirate because he is a pirate. Let the red flag 
be driven from the nations of the earth as the black flag has 
been driven from the seas. 

Sad as the hours were when Lincoln and Garfield died, the 
Nation survived ; and sad as it seems now, the Nation will 
still survive. Wise as McKinley was, great as he was in coun- 
sel, calm and serene as he was in the storms of national and 
international strife, and much as his wisdom and example will 
be missed, still the Nation will go on, wisely and well. Noble 
men will guide the Government in this hour of peril. The 
new President will not fail to realize the vast importance of his 
position, or to discharge with wisdom and fidelity every trust 
and obligation placed upon him. He knows the ship which 
his hand is to guide. He knows, too, the waters she must sail 
in. Great responsibilities have come upon him, but he has 
great wisdom and courage. No fear for him. With the future 
will again come sunshine into our National life. The new 
President, like the late one, is thoroughly American, and all 
Americans will stand for him and about him, helping him and 
encouraging him. He will be worthy of the people and the 
people worthy of him. He and they will not forget that the 
mantle of the beloved McKinley is upon him ; and all believe 




PROF. JASPER DEAN McFALL, 
In Charge of Vocal Music. 



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that he will wear it well and discharge the duties of his great 
office as a wise and conservative President, while the Ameri- 
can people will ever love and revere the life and character of 
the soldier, the legislator, the Governor, the wise diplomat, the 
illustrious statesman, the typical American citizen, the faithful 
and loving husband who was our beloved President. Beauti- 
ful and majestic monuments will perpetuate his name and 
achievements, but his greatest monument, which will endure 
when all others have crumbled beneath the evolutions of time, 
will be his Christ-like death, for that will inspire the Christian 
world through all the ages to come. 



Duet. 

Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break. 

BY 

Prof. J. D. McFALL and Mr. HARRINGTON BARKER. 

Some day the silver cord will break, 

And I no more as now shall sing ; 
But, O, the joy -when I shall wake 

Within the palace of the King ! 

Some day my earthly house will fall, 

I can not tell how soon 'twill be, 
But this I know— My All in All 

Has now a place in Heaven for me. 

Some day, when fades the golden sun 

Beneath the rosy tinted West, 
My blessed Lord shall say, 

" Well done! " And I shall enter into rest. 

Some day ; till then I'll watch and wait, 
My lamp all trimm'd and burning bright, 

That when my Saviour ope's the gate, 
My soul to Him may take its flight. 

Chorus : 

And I shall see Him face to face, 
And tell the story — Saved by grace ; 
And I shall see Him face to face, 
And tell the story— Saved by grace. 



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OP 

HON. SIMON WOLF. 

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : 

Years ago I had the pleasure and honor of making the 
acquaintance of William McKinley, which soon ripened into a 
lasting friendship. To me he is not dead, but lives and will 
forever live, the highest exponent of truth, patriotic and 
inspiring American citizenship. He loved the Jew, he loved 
the Catholic, he adored his own faith, and to each and every- 
one he was a brother and felt within himself towards each and 
every one the kinship born of the highest ideals of Christianity 
and exalted humanity. In other words, he represented in his 
life-work and thoughts the fatherhood of God and the brother- 
hood of man. In this spirit William McKinley will be forever 
an example and a type, and I can tell you here to-day that in 
the enactment of laws for the purpose of preventing anarchism, 
and for the punishment of those who would destroy law and 
order you will find none who will more heartily and enthusi- 
astically co-operate in destroying this hell-bound gang ot 
miscreants than those who have come from other lands. You 
can depend upon that to a certainty, and in this spirit we will 
all work for God and country. Jew and Christian must go 
hand in hand in appreciation of the privileges that all enjoy, 
and which must forever be preserved as a priceless legacy and 
be transmitted to future generations as untarnished and as 
luminous of light and hope as we enjoy at this moment. 

The great life of the immortal martyred President which 
went out so grandly and sublimely will be forever an inspira- 
tion to men all over the world, and in the distant islands of 
the East when they are being navigated by American ships 
with the American flag of freedom flying at their topmast, the 
patriotism, generosity and Christian humility of William 
McKinley will continue to be their guiding star for God and 
country. 

No one can appreciate the grand characteristics of Mr. 
McKinley more than I, for he filled the measure of my fondest 
hopes of what a man, an American and a gentleman should 
ever be. I remember well when I called on him two years 
ago to invite him and his Cabinet to be present at the laying 
of the corner-stone of our Jewish Temple in this city. He said, 




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HON. SIMON WOLF, 
S. Agent and Consul-General, Cairo, Egypt. 



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" Well, Wolf, I really do not see how I can come ; I am very 
busy and if I come to the corner-stone laying of your temple I 
will be asked to go to each and every one of a like character." 
I said, "But, Mr. President, you know that you have no warmer 
friends than the American citizens of Jewish faith, and we look 
upon you with not only pride, but with gratitude for the many 
evidences of good will you have ever exhibited to us, not only 
in your present position but in all the positions that you have 
heretofore so honorably filled, that it would be a great impetus 
to each and every one if you would come." He promptly 
acquiesced and said he would be there, and he was, and it is 
one of the most memorable features of that historic occasion. 
Years and years hence it will be spoken of with pleasure and 
with pride. 

President McKinley to me was something more than what 
he was to others. He typified in a concrete form not only the 
glorious past of our country, but its future. He became, 
whether by decree of Providence or circumstances beyond his 
control, the central figure at the close of the ninetenth century, 
and created conditions for the betterment and advancement of 
the United States which can never be destroyed. He is one of 
the three great American Presidents — Washington, Lincoln, 
McKinley — and their three names joined in a trinity will live 
not only in the annals of our own country, but in the annals of 
history, each contributing to make the United States a recog- 
nized power along all the lines of civilization. May the young 
men and young women of our country be inspired to the noblest 
endeavor, taking as an example the work and worth of these 
three great American types. 

But in addition to what President McKinley left as a price- 
less legacy to his countrymen as a statesman and a patriot, 
he has left to mankind a lesson of courage, of strength, of 
human endurance at the closing hours of his life that outranks 
him with any other man of this time or any time, and the 
death-bed scene will in future years be portrayed in sculpture 
and on canvas and be sung in immortal verse by the poets of 
the future, equal to any for which Rome and Greece have 
become immortal. 



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©ctette. 

Hymn — Nearer, My God, to Thee. 

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Nearer, my God, to Thee There let the way appear, 

Nearer to Thee, Steps unto heaven ; 

E'en though it be a cross All that Thou sendest me, 

That raiseth me ; In mercy given ; 

Still all my song shall be, Angels to beckon me 

Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee ! Nearer to Thee ! 

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Though like the wanderer, Then, with my waking thoughts 

The sun gone down, Bright with Thy praise, 

Darkness be over me, Out of my stony griefs 

My rest a stone, Bethel I'll raise ; 

Yet in my dreams I'd be So by my woes to be 

Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee ! Nearer to Thee ! 

Or if, on joyful wing C 

Cleaving the sky, 
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, 

Upward I fly, 
Still all my song shall be, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee ! 



IResolutions 

PRESENTED BY MR. T. M. SULLIVAN, AND ADOPTED 
BY A RISING VOTE. 

Washington, D. C, Oct. 6, igoi. 

Whereas, We, the citizens of Ohio resident in the City of 
Washington, have heard with profound sorrow and regret of 
the death of our beloved and highly honored fellow-citizen, 
William McKinley, President of the United States, Therefore, 

Resolved, That in the death of William McKinley humanity 
has lost one of its greatest benefactors, this Nation an able 
and patriotic Chief Magistrate, and the State of Ohio her most 
illustrious son. 

Resolved, That while most profoundly lamenting the death 
of our revered Chief Magistrate, we rejoice in the memory of a 
career so exalted, so patriotic and so noble, that when the hour 
of dissolution came there was no cloud to obscure its brilliancy, 
no blemish to mar its completeness. 



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As Civilian, Soldier and Statesman his place in history will 
be among the world's greatest and noblest chieftains, and as a 
priceless legacy to his countrymen will be the memory of his 
spotless Christian character, unalloyed patriotism, wise and 
beneficent statesmanship. While his beloved Ohio may claim 
the credit of his birthplace and citizenship, his untarnished 
honor and the history of his noble life cannot be circumscribed 
by State lines. They are the Nation's legacy and the rich 
heritage of the Republic he served so faithfully and well ; and 
as time rolls away his fame will grow more and more effulgent 
and ascend higher in the firmament of the World's history, 
until it becomes a fixed star in the resplendent galaxy of the 
greatest and noblest of his generation, and his memory will be 
forever enshrined in the hearts of his countrymen. 

His noble soul harbored no malice ; every righteous cause 
found in him an eloquent advocate and an ardent champion. 
His love of country, pure and exalted patriotism knew no 
North, no South, no East, no West ; while every pulsation of 
his generous heart was for the honor, dignity and welfare of 
the Republic ; the emancipation of the oppressed ; the advance- 
ment and ennoblement of his fellow-men. 

His last public utterance was a kindly admonition to his 
political associates, and was characteristic of the man. It 
breathed forth a spirit of patriotic devotion to country and an 
anxious solicitude for the prosperity and welfare of her people. 

His illustrious life has established for our emulation a high 
standard of excellence, and his name will ever be to us the 
synonym of patriotism. To-day as we pay tribute to his mem- 
ory, let us consecrate ourselves anew to the service of our 
country, and, drawing inspiration from his patriotic example, 
with one purpose, and one impulse, press onward to a common 
and glorious destiny. 

Resolved, That while we deeply lament the untimely death of 
William McKinley at so important a juncture in the history of 
our beloved country, we wish to express our sincere regard for 
and unfaltering faith in Theodore Roosevelt, his successor in 
the Presidential Office, believing that his practical experience, 
his honesty of purpose, and his firm determination to act rightly 
and justly, will enable him to carry out the great purposes of 
his able and patriotic predecessor, and that, through his instru- 
mentality, assisted by his wise and experienced counselors, our 
great Republic will continue to occupy its present high place 
among the nations of the earth. 

Resolved, That we especially express our deep sympathy and 
condolence with Mrs. McKinley in her bereavement, wherein 
she has been deprived of a loving husband, a kind and affec- 
tionate companion, and we sincerely hope that the love and 



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esteem of her own countrymen, the respectful commiseration of 
the whole civilized world, and the memory of her late hus- 
band's great career, and his crowning triumph in death, may 
assuage her grief and sustain her in this her greatest sorrow, 
and that the tender remembrance of a great nation for him who 
died a martyr's death with such Christian fortitude and resig- 
nation may prove a solace to her in her widowhood. 



IReeolutions. 

Washington, D. C, October 6, igor. 

Resolved, By the citizens of Ohio, resident in the city of 
Washington, assembled to pay tribute to the memory of Wil- 
liam McKinley, late President of the United States, that the 
thanks of this vast assemblage are hereby tendered to Mr. 
Plympton B. Chase for the use of his beautiful Theater, and 
other contributions to the success of this Memorial Service. 

Resolved, That the thanks of every loyal American citizen in 
this community are due Mr. Chase for the patriotic good taste 
displayed by him in sacrificing his business, closing his Theater 
and draping it in the somber emblems of sorrow during the 
week of the obsequies of our late lamented President. 

Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions be presented to 
Mr. Chase, and also furnished to the press of Washington and 
of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. 



Dote of ftbanfes. 

The thanks of this assemblage are hereby tendered to the 
Hon. Frank W. Hackett, Assistant Secretary of the Navy ; 
Major Theodore E. True, Depot Quartermaster ; Gen. Chas. 
Hey wood, Col. B. R. Russell, Mr. Henry Small, Messrs. 
Woodward & Lothrop, especially their Manager, Mr. H. G. 
Jacobs, and their Decorator, Mr. Thomas G. McKnew ; W. B. 
Moses & Sons, L,t. Wm. H. Santelmann and his very excellent 
corps of musicians ; Mr. F. E. McClure and Mr. A. P. Tasker, 
and especially to Prof. J. D. McFall, through whose personal 
efforts the splendid vocal talent was contributed, and to all who 
in any wise contributed to the success of this Memorial Service. 




PLYMPTON B. CHASE, 
Proprietor Chase's Theater. 




LIEUT. WM. H. SANTELMANN, 
Leader U. S. Marine Band. 



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Xetter of IRecjret 



The following letter of regret was received from President 
Roosevelt : 

Executive Mansion, 

Washington. 

The President regrets his inability to accept the courteous invitation 
of The Ohio Republican Association of Washington, D. C, to be present 
at the Memorial Service to William McKinley, Late President of the 
United States, Sunday, October the sixth, at three o'clock. 

FRIDAY, 

OCTOBER THE FOURTH, 

1901. 



Hymn — America. 
Sung by the audience, accompanied by the United States Marine Band. 



My Country ! 'tis of thee, 
Sweet land of liberty, 

Of thee I sing : 
Land where my fathers died ! 
Land of the Pilgrim's pride ! 
From every mountain side 

Let freedom ring ! 



Let music swell the breeze, 
And ring from all the trees 

Sweet freedom's song : 
Let mortal tongues awake ; 
Let all that breathe partake ; 
Let rocks their silence break, 

The sound prolong. 



My native Country, thee, 
Land of the noble free, 

Thy name I love ; 
I love thy rocks and rills, 
Thy woods and templed hills ; 
My heart with rapture thrills 

Like that above. 



Our father's God ! to thee, 
Author of liberty, 

To thee we sing : 
Long may our land be bright 
With freedom's holy light ; 
Protect us by thy might, 

Great God, our King ! 



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